Improvement in latches for gates



ILPETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D C @stent @Biblica WILLIAM PATTON, or TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA,

Letters Patent No. 106,955, dated August 30, 1870 mzftedatell August 2.5, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN LATCHES'FOR GATES, 8Lc.

rL *he Schedule referred' to in. these Letters Patent and making part of the lsame,

To all 'whom it may concern .i

Be it known that I, WILLIAM PA'rroN, of Towanda, in the county of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improve .ments in Door and Gate-Latches and Fastenings;

and 4I'd'o hereby declare the following to be a full, clearpand exact description of the same, reference being yhad to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of one of the fastenings, as applied tothe fastening of a gate.

Figure 2- represents a view of the interior of 'the fastening, the face plate being removed to show the interior.

"ltyvinrention consists in a, door or gate-fastening, in which two pivoted latches, one on each side of the bolt or keeper, are operated from either side of the door or gate` by a vibrating lever, to which the said latches are connected by links, straps,or other similar device,'as will be explained.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and lusc my invention,` l will proceed to describe the salue with reference -to the drawings.

A is a face-plate, and

. l5 aback plate, between which 'the moving parts of the fastening are placed, and in which they are pivotedl or hung and operated. y

C D are two tumbler latches, pivoted, respectively, at the points al), so that the overpoise of the'projeotingportions shall tend to make them drep when released or free,'said latches projecting toward each other far enough to leave between them space for the keeper or holt c, on the door or gate E, to pass into,

for fastening said door or gate.

Between the plates A Bfand above the latches, is pivoted, at d, a lever, F, which projects each Way from its center of motion, and extends beyond the incasing plates far enough to rform thumb-levers, e, for operating said lever F.

The latches C D are connected to this lever F at the points f f by links or straps, g g, so that, from either end of said lever, either latch may be raised,

and the gate or door allowed to swing from or toward v the person operating the lever, as he may desire.

The latches are controlled, in their downward movement, by flanges or projections that prevent them from falling too fai, and the whole fastening may be vshielded from the weather by a cover, G, or other,

suitable protection, or it may belet into the frame or gate-post far enough to protect it'.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim` therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In' a fastening for a door or gate that opens and closes in both directions, the arrangement of the pivoted lever F, and pivoted latches G D, suspendedthereto by links g g, so that, while the latches can be raised from either end of the level', either latchvcan rise 'or drop independent of t-he lever, when struck by the bolt or keeper o1I tlle1door or gate, as described and represented.

l NV. PATTON.

, Witnesses:

W. E. WATKINs, G. D. MONTANYE. 

